Philips DVP5982 1080p Upscaling DVD Player by Philips
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Digital camera reviews of Philips DVP5982 1080p Upscaling DVD Player
Digital camera Review: Absolute Best for the Least $$$
Summary: 5 Stars
At the price that this Phillips is selling it is absolutely impossible to get anything better, heck even if you pay twice as much. 1080p upconversion works like a charm, and so does divx and xvid playback. i have an older model of this from several years ago and that one still works great as well !Digital camera Review: Absolutely thrilled!
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased the refurbished model so I could play region 2 DVDs. I couldn't be more pleased with this player. Once I was able to change the region code to "O" (thanks to a previous customer's review), I was off and running. The player is slim, light weight and easy to operate. The picture quality is great. This player has exceeded all my expectations. I highly recommend it.Digital camera Review: Almost a perfect DVD player...
Summary: 5 Stars
==I previously owned a Philips DVD player before (DVP642) so I decided to buy this one as an upgrade because its Ultra DivX certified (DivX version 6) as opposed to DivX version 5 on my DVP642 plus the upscaling HDMI playback.
==One of the best things about this DVD player is that it will play just about anything you throw into it. The first thing I noticed right away was that my XviD files looked amazingly better (clearer, sharper, better resolution) during playback than on my DVP642 player and so far it's playing all the avi files I burned on DVD/CD. Second thing I absolutely loved was the 32X forward/backward speeds. The DVP642 only had 16X or lower speeds. Regular DVD playback is also excellent. The audio is perfect. This model color is black which fits well with my other electronic components which are also black.
==The menus are robust with features. My 2 favorite features are "Lip Sync" and the ability to do a firmware updating. If you have a DVD disc that plays audio out of sync with the video, there's an adjustment for that in the menu to offset the delay in milliseconds. The other feature I love is firmware updating. You can get these updates from the Philips webite.
==The display on the front is nice but simple. There is a USB port on the front that allows you to plug in a thumb drive or a whole external hard drive for playback of your favorite audio/video material. If you format an external hard drive in FAT32, it will play back whatever you have on it (pics, movies, MP3's, etc.) through that USB port. Pretty nifty, eh?
==Playback is quite extensive. It does 2X,4X,8X,16X,32X forward or backward. It does slow motion, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 forward or backward. It also does Angle and you can pause or freeze the picture. It plays DVD, SVCD, VCD, DivX 3.11 to 6X, WMA and MP3 audio files.
==Ahh. Now my dislikes about the DVP5982. Nothing is perfect, of course. It's hard to take out the DVD/CD from the tray. You cannot grab it from the sides and lift it out like you could with the DVP642 model. Why they did this is beyond me. It's a pain. Just gotta remember, "Easy going in, clumsy getting out." This may be a small nuisance but I really hate the wallpaper. It looks like a 1970's bright-blue nightmare. The DVP642 had really nice wallpaper. BAH!!! The screensaver, conversly, wasn't bad though. The remote control is feather light in your hands and not ergonomically designed at all unlike the DVP642 remote was. Again, why the downscale change? It's rather plain looking and the buttons are rather simplistically layed out. No component video cables are included in the box just the cheap RCA cables for Video and R+L audio hookups. My biggest pet pieve is the file names are too darn short. What's up with this? On the menu, there is plenty of space at the bottom for 22 to 24 characters but why only 11 or 12? That's nuts. They need to do something about this with their next DVD player release.
==Aside from the nitpicking, I love this DVD player for what it does. The DVD642 was no longer playing some of my files probably do to the newer DivX version 6. So I had to buy this to keep playing my newer files.
I highly recommend this DVD player to anyone. You can't beat the price.
Digital camera Review: Almost great
Summary: 3 Stars
Wow, this is Soooooo close to the perfect machine for dvd/divx/etc! One MASSIVE flaw is that you can't read the filenames when looking at divx titles. Well - 14 chars, but most of the ones I have are of tv shows and the episode listing is past 14 chars. Note to buyers - the Philips firmware upgrades don't address this issue. And, though it's been out a year, there are no modded firmwares for this version. 5960 has many, and it's nearly the same machine - if you want modded firmware, buy that one. I haven't had the machine but one month, so I can't comment on longevity (hopefully not as bad as the ultimate brick, the Philips 950 recorder).
I'll hold this machine a bit in hopes of a firmware upgrade. It's almost excellent, but for a few major issues that could easily be fixed.
Digital camera Review: Amazing DVD images and more
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this DVD player to use with my new HD LCD TV with 1080p. The quality of the picture is about as good as HD from a regular DVD. In addition this player accepts all formats of CD's that I have and all formats of jpeg, wmv, mp3, etc on any CD, DVD or USB drive. The only glitch I could find, and it might be with the TV and not the player, is the screen format switches periodically between wide screen and full screen on some movies. I did not plan my purchase well, however. After I bought the DVD player I looked at some home theater packages, and all of them came with DVD players, including Philips, which has an upscaling player. So, if you are not going to get a home theater, but want to watch DVD's using your TV's 1080p capability, then this player is the one to get.